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Originally Posted by Old Tele man
That V4 was a Ford-of-Britain industrial "street sweeper" engine as I recall (my Dad had one)!
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That's a common confusion. There were a somewhat similar V4 engine by brittish Ford, but at a closer look itś an entirely different animal known as the Essex V4. The Ford V4 used in the Saab is the german "Cologne V4", closely related to the Cologne V6 and can't easily be replaced by the Essex V4.
The german V4 is a bit smaller, both by outer measures and bore/stroke. The verson used in Saab 95/96 had 1500cc/65hp but rally people sometimes replaced it by the 1700 version from Ford Taunus 17M.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Taunus_V4_engine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Essex_V4_engine
Hmmm... street-sweeper...? I've never heared about that application in particular, but I know the Cologne/Taunus V4 was used in at least one odd application, a smaller tracked offroad vehicle named Iller (ferret in Swedish). The V6 version was used in older versions of the swedish army's lightweight articulated tracked vehicle Bandvagn 206 among others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandvagn_206